3. Is there a trope you wouldn’t touch with a ten foot pole?
mpreg lmao also the whole alpha/beta/omega thing... like... no thanks, I don’t know what’s happening, I’m going back to my sandbox, you guys have fun
also idk if this is a trope but when people take a ship that would be gay and switch one (only one) of the characters’ gender to make it straight like... pls, I am offended, let the gay be gay
4. How many fic ideas are you nurturing right now? Care to share one of them?
ok let me count... I’m going to count unfinished works that are already partly published on the interwebs too ok so. I’m currently working on 14 things, some will be scrapped probably (definitely) wow that’s more than I thought... but they’re not really my ideas, they’re just what’s in my drafts folder. (most of them are unfinished prompts bc I’m a horrible person)
here are two (yes two I just love attention ok) snippets from a lil raven cycle thing I’m working on. for context: road trip, snowed in at a mostly-full motel ehehehehe
Adam shrugged and turned to Ronan. “You and me, then.”
“I’ll room with Jane,” Gansey announced, and perhaps a bit too quickly, if the sharp look Ronan shot him was anything to go by.
In Gansey’s mind, it made the most sense; if Adam were to room with Blue, no matter what reconciliations they’d worked through, the history they already had would likely result in discomfort and awkward mornings. And if Ronan roomed with Blue, they would either murder each other or become best friends, and Gansey wasn’t sure which was worse.
Blue was carefully maintaining a straight face.
aaaand then the most important part is this
“I can sleep on the floor,” Adam suggested.
Ronan’s words were out of his mouth before he had a chance to rethink them. “No need for that, Parrish, the bed is more than big enough.” He smiled, all sharp edges and white teeth. “Promise I won’t bite.”
13. What’s the best writing advice you’ve ever come across?
hmmmm ok I can’t find an exact quote but like. more or less let every word count, every word have its designated place in the sentence, and let every sentence Say Something. i.e. empty sentences help no one, and sometimes they might not look like empty sentences, but every sentence should have a thing that it is doing and should be clear.
ok I found a quote it’s from Kurt Vonnegut: “Every sentence must do one of two things — reveal character or advance the action.” similarly, “Have guts to cut. Your rule might be this: If a sentence, no matter how excellent, does not illuminate your subject in some new and useful way, scratch it out.” that dude knew what was up.
just don’t bog down your writing bc it really diminishes any powerful statements or scenes that may otherwise Destroy Your Reader, as we all know is the primary goal of writing.
